A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.
barkometer
barkometer
noun
A hydrometer calibrated to test the strength of tanning liquors used in tanning leather.
barkstone
barnstock
bartko
bartok
basingstoke
basingstoke
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England
basket
basket
noun
(Internet) In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
(LGBT, slang) The male genitalia and region surrounding it.
(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
(ballooning) The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
(figurative) A set or collection of intangible things.
(informal, euphemistic) Bastard.
(military, aircraft) A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
(slang) The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
(uncountable) The game of basketball.
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A singlestick with a basket hilt.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
verb
(transitive) To place in a basket or baskets.
(transitive, publishing) To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
basketball
basketball
noun
(countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
(sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
verb
To play basketball
To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball
basketballer
basketballer
noun
(informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.
basketballs
basketballs
noun
plural of basketball
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
basketlike
basketlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a basket.
basketmaker
basketmaker
noun
A person who weaves baskets.
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
basketries
basketries
noun
plural of basketry
basketry
basketry
noun
Baskets collectively.
The process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers to make a basket.
baskets
baskets
noun
plural of basket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of basket
baskett
basketware
basketware
noun
basketwork goods collectively
basketweaving
basketweaving
noun
(figurative) Any useless, unproductive, or lightweight activity.
The act of weaving baskets, as for example from grasses, wicker, or rope.
basketwoman
basketwoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells goods from a basket.
basketwood
basketwood
noun
Any of various kinds of wood traditionally used for making baskets.
basketwork
basketwork
noun
Material woven in the style of a basket.
The craft of making such material.
basketworks
basketworks
noun
plural of basketwork
basketworm
basketworm
noun
The larva of a psychid moth.
batak
batakan
batekes
bathkol
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
bathyplankton
bathyplankton
noun
(biology) plankton living in the bathyal zone
batik
batik
noun
A wax-resist method of dyeing fabric.
verb
To dye fabric using the wax-resist method.
batiked
batiked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batik
batiker
batiker
noun
A manufacturer of batik fabrics.
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
batiks
batiks
noun
plural of batik
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batik
batlike
batlike
adj
Having characteristics similar to those of a bat, usually used with reference to the flying mammal.
Similar to that of a bat.
batoka
batruk
battak
battakhin
battercake
battercake
noun
A kind of flat cake similar to a pancake.
batterdock
battik
battik
noun
Alternative spelling of batik
battiks
battiks
noun
plural of battik
battycake
batukite
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beakiest
beakiest
adj
superlative form of beaky: most beaky
beanstalk
beanstalk
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A space elevator.
(figuratively, colloquial, by extension) A tall, slim person.
The stem of a bean plant, proverbially fast-growing and tall.
beanstalks
beanstalks
noun
plural of beanstalk
beastlike
beastlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a beast.
beatnik
beatnik
noun
A person associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s and 1960s or its style.
A person who dresses in a manner that is not socially acceptable and is supposed to reject conventional norms of thought and behavior; nonconformist in dress and behavior.
beatnikism
beatnikism
noun
The social and artistic ideas associated with beatniks
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beckelite
becket
becket
noun
(England, dialect, historical) A spade for digging turf in the Fens.
(nautical) A loop of rope with a knot at one end to catch in an eye at the other end. Used to secure oars etc. at their place.
(nautical) A short piece of rope spliced to form a circle
(nautical) The clevis of a pulley block.
(nautical, slang) A pocket in clothing.
(obsolete) chough (the bird)
(sewing) A loop of thread, typically braided, attached at each end to a jacket. Used to pass through the brooch bar of medals to affix them to the jacket without damaging it.
A method of joining fabric, for example the doors of a tent, by interlacing loops of cord (beckets) through eyelet holes and adjacent loops.
An eye in the end of a rope.
beckets
beckets
noun
plural of becket
beckett
beckwith
beckwith
Proper noun
of origin.
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
bedtick
bedtick
noun
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for enclosing the materials of a bed.
bedticking
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
beefsteak
beefsteak
noun
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
beefsteaks
beefsteaks
noun
plural of beefsteak
beekite
beekmantown
beetewk
beetlestock
beetlike
bekilted
bekilted
adj
Wearing a kilt.
bekinkinite
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
beknighted
beknighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beknight
beknighting
beknighting
verb
present participle of beknight
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
beknit
beknit
verb
(transitive) To girdle or encircle.
(transitive) To knit.
beknot
beknots
beknotted
beknotted
adj
Knotted again and again; covered with knots.
beknottedly
beknottedness
beknottedness
noun
(mathematics) The measure or degree to which a knot is complicated, i.e., a knot's complexity; the number of times that it is necessary to pass one part of the curve of the knot projected upon a plane through another in order to untie the knot.
beknotting
belostok
beltmaker
beltmaker
noun
Someone who makes belts.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
benedikt
benedikta
benediktov
bentinck
bentincks
beothuk
beothuk
Noun
A member of one of the historical aboriginal peoples of Canada.
Proper noun
The extinct language of these people.
beothukan
berakot
berakoth
berakoth
noun
plural of berakah
berkeleyite
berkovets
berkovets
noun
(historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.
berkovtsi
berkowitz
bernkasteler
bespecklement
bestick
bestick
verb
(transitive) To pierce in various places; pierce through and through.
(transitive) To stick on the surface of; cover over.
besticking
besticking
verb
present participle of bestick
bestink
bestock
bestock
verb
(transitive) to stock; furnish
bestreak
bestreak
verb
(transitive) To mark or cover with streaks.
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
betake
betake
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To take oneself.
(reflexive, archaic) To commit to a specified action.
(reflexive, archaic) To take oneself to; go or move; repair; resort; have recourse.
(transitive) To beteach.
(transitive, archaic) To commend or entrust to; to commit to.
(transitive, obsolete) To seize; lay hold of; take.
(transitive, obsolete) To take over to; take across (to); deliver.
betaken
betaken
verb
past participle of betake
betakes
betakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betake
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
betalk
betalk
verb
(intransitive, dialectal) To talk repeatedly.
(transitive, chiefly dialectal, sometimes reflexive) To talk about; discuss; tell; count; give an account (of).